The poems “I, Too” by Langston Hughes and “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou have a large range of similarities. Both poems were written during a time that blacks were very harshly discriminated against, and many of them were fighting for their freedom. While both poems were written during the same time period, they also have the same main topic. By writing their poems to have an attended audience of America as a whole, these authors wanted people to understand how hard it was for the blacks. Also, they wanted blacks to read these poems and feel connected to them in a way that would give them hope that equality is very realistic goal for them. These poems had main topics that focused on how blacks were treated as if they were less of a human being
